Nuit de mai (1934)
Directed by Henri Chomette, Gustav Ucicky

Drama
aka: Night in May

Film Synopsis

With the help of a maid of honour, Baron Neuhaus ends up leading the police of the court of Marie-Thérèse.  His first task is to lead an investigation to discover a man who has inveigled his way into the house of the Countess Christel.  It turns that he is the man he is looking for, having entered the Countess's house to thank her chambermaid.  He falls in love with Christel and ends up marrying her.
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Film Credits

  • Director: Henri Chomette, Gustav Ucicky, Raoul Ploquin
  • Script: Jacques Bousquet, Henri Chomette, Gerhard Menzel, Gustav Ucicky, Stephan Kamare (play)
  • Cinematographer: Friedl Behn-Grund
  • Music: Alois Melichar
  • Cast: Käthe von Nagy (La comtesse Christel Palm), Fernand Gravey (Le baron Neuhaus), Annie Ducaux (L'impératrice Marie-Thérèse), Monette Dinay (Toni), Lucien Baroux (Monsieur Stockel), Marguerite Templey (Madame Stockel), Katia Lova (Josefa), Alexandre Rignault (Gaysberger), Lucien Dayle (Leiner), Georges Morton (Le juge), Raoul Marco (Le sergent), Raymond Aimos (Stumm), Lilian Claude Barghon (Le petite fille), Jean Bara, Jeanne de Carol, Henri Chomette, Dina Cocea, Eugène Dumas, Fernand Frey, Micheline Masson
  • Country: Germany
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 85 min
  • Aka: Night in May

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